Doom Guard

I’m ridiculously excited about this one.

Ever since I happily wasted utilised hours of my life playing Talisman/ Heroquest/ Dungeon/ Chainsaw Warrior/ Dungeonquest/ Rogue Trooper/ Kings and Things etc, etc… I’ve dreamed of being involved in creating a boardgame and, finally, here it is! I say finally not just for a lifetime’s obsession but also because I initially started work on this, I think, three or four years ago. Maybe five? Certainly the whole Covid thing happened in the middle of it.

For the game featured above I created the artwork for the two boards shown (and a third, not yet revealed), and I’m currently working on illustrations to further flesh it out. I’ll create a portfolio page for it all when I feel able to do so.

The boards were a lot of fun, and ended up being a combination of work in 3D Studio Max and V-Ray, ZBrush, Photoshop, some painting and more; very, very mixed media. There’s a lot of detail there, even evidence of little stories to pick out, should you feel so inclined (the finished boards are, I believe 24″ x 24″ or, at least, that’s the format I worked to (and thank heavens for a powerful machine).
Anyone who has known me for any length of time (and who watches the video) may also spot this beauty;

Again.

Anyway – the gameplay looks pretty insane so I might ditch any hopes I had of playing this with my family in the near future. But, you know….. still excited!

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